Making and Adjusting Kabuki Costumes
Creating new costumes for each actor,
based on established designs
Society for the Conservation
of Kabuki Costume Making
and Alteration
Techniques
Designated in 2002
Shochiku Costume Co. Ltd., 2-2-8 Shintomi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0041
The Kabuki repertoire has about 400 plays. Costumes are made, fitted and adjusted for each actor of the many diverse roles, and also then maintained during the repeated use of long-running plays. These skills support the Kabuki theater.
